Love on the Beat is the fifteenth studio album by French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. On this album, Gainsbourg used American musicians to achieve a funk-heavy rock sound. The album was controversial due to its very sexual lyrical content, with homosexuality and prostitution as the subject matters on many of the tracks. Perhaps the most controversial was "Lemon Incest", which was set to Frédéric Chopin's Étude No. 3 and sung as a duet with his then-13-year-old daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg.
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| Released | 2 October 1984 | |||
| Recorded | June 1984 | |||
| Studio | House of Music, West Orange, New Jersey | |||
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| Length | 37:10 | |||
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Critical reception edit
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 63rd greatest French rock album (out of 100).[2]
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Serge Gainsbourg, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Love on the Beat" | 8:04 | |
| 2. | "Sorry Angel" | 3:57 | |
| 3. | "Hmm Hmm Hmm" | 2:50 | |
| 4. | "Kiss Me Hardy" | 4:25 | |
| 5. | "No Comment" | 5:08 | |
| 6. | "I'm the Boy" | 4:28 | |
| 7. | "Harley David Son of a Bitch" | 3:01 | |
| 8. | "Lemon Incest" | music inspired by Frédéric Chopin; arranged by Gainsbourg | 5:12 |
Personnel edit
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Musicians
- Serge Gainsbourg – vocals, synthesizer, arrangement
- Billy Rush – bass guitar, guitar, production, drum programming
- Larry Fast – synthesizer, synthesizer programming
- Stan Harrison – saxophone
- George Simms – backing vocals
- Steve Simms – backing vocals
- Charlotte Gainsbourg – vocals (on "Lemon Incest")
Technical
- John Rollo – recording engineering
- Nelson Ayres – engineering assistance
- Larry Alexander – mixing
- Jean Marie Guérin – mastering
- Jean-Pierre Haie – remastering
- Jean Ber – photography
- William Klein – photography
- Claude Delorme – photography
- Jacques Aubert – photography
- Philippe Lerichomme – production
Charts edit
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[3] | 119 |
References edit
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Love on the Beat - Serge Gainsbourg". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-1071
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Serge Gainsbourg – Love on the Beat" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
External links edit
- Love on the Beat at Discogs (list of releases)
- Love on the Beat at MusicBrainz (list of releases)